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Ballymaloe's charms
An international institution in the southern Irish countryside. In 2011 I travelled to Ballymaloe House, a 40-minute drive from Cork, Ireland, to stay the night and to interview the late...
Nick Lander
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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
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The cross-Channel special relationship
A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
• 9 min read
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Here is someone who has already achieved glory as a taster in France and an educator in China. He currently...
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Roussillon's old vineyards hold the key to the future. See also yesterday's report on Roussillon's dry red wines.
The heritage...
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Welcome to northern Catalonia. Please set your watches to the time zone not-French-not-Spanish, a hundred years back … and forward...
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We celebrate International Sauvignon Blanc Day today. See also today's wine of the week, a most unusual Sauvignon.
It's a...
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19 April 2020 The French government have pledged €1bn in aid to frost-hit vignerons. The agriculture minister Julien Denormandie called...
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As these wines are enthusiastically offered by the fine-wine merchants, we try to see through the hype, and include tasting...
Don't quote me
Bordeaux is really getting in the organic, and food-pairing, groove … as a Zoom lunch, and an unusual breakfast, proved...
Alder on America
First various imported European wines under 14%. Now the US extends its 25% tariff to all French and German wines...
Book reviews
29 December 2020 We're republishing free details of these three excellent new books about the world's biggest fine-wine region.
4...
Book reviews
See this guide to all of this season's book reviews.
James Flewellen Infographic Wine Guides
James Flewellen
Self-published https://www.jamesflewellen.com/wine-maps-store
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A second, Académie du Vin Library edition of his autobiography is published today. Lucy Pope took this picture of Steven...
Nick on restaurants
Two weeks in France left Nick open-mouthed in admiration of the French.
Why do eating habits vary so enormously from...
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Today's competition entry is not the first article featuring sustainability that the author has written for JancisRobinson.com. 'Caro Feely is...
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Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
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Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
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The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
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